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Spider-Man had pretty decent writing and acting.
I only half agree. The writing was very good for a Comic-Movie (but in reality -- still not excellent). And the acting? Okay, there was a mix there, but Kirsten Dunst? YECH! Her line "They said I need acting lessons" was amusing to me because I couldn't tell if it was supposed to be a self referencing joke.
Still, SpiderMan I will have to say will probably have been one of the best movies to come out this year. The fact that the British are entirely disinterested is really a shame for them because they're missing out on an excellent portrayal of the story.
As for AotC, I personally found it to be a vast improvement over the first. The poor acting? No worse than any of the other Star Wars movies. The special effects however were top notch and as to the question about wanting to see how Anakin converts to the dark side? Yes, actually. I have always been rather curious.
After Anakin's slaughter, while he sat in the dark mumbling about how he had "killed them all", a wicked smile came upon my face as the dark tune of the Emperial March began to play...
So while some people might be highly annoyed at the direction Star Wars has taken -- there were parts of AotC that I truely enjoyed.
"of course, we know that could be a problem, but the users are'nt going to know how to exploit it"
That attitude makes me sick to no end.
I wish I had a penny for every admin that assumed the users knew less than he did, I'd literally melt them all down into a club and bash their skull in.
One thing I learned a long time ago is that there is always someone out there who knows more. Sometimes, it's that quiet kid that doesn't seem to know anything.
The WWW.(URL) exploit does not work with the Unix version, nor does it work on TRILLIAN, however, neither of those programs support yahoo chat either, so they're hardly a replacement for Yahoo's Windows client.
Yah-Elite does support the chat (with voice support that is currently broken), but both the Java Client, the Yah-Elite client, and possibly even the Unix version can be kicked off of the chat servers by attacking the chat servers themsleves with Protocal booters, showing that the issues Yahoo faces are all around, and not at any one specific point.
Yahoo's problems are massive, and I think it's good that at least SOME people at Yahoo realize it, even though I'm still not convinced they are aware of the full scale of the problem.
After all, if you chat with Yahoo's service, you're eventually going to be booted off by another user. Some of the methods users use to exploit the system and kick off other users are clever, some are not so clever.
One method involves running a program easily downloaded off of the internet and typing in the desired victims name. It's your basic "Punter". Some of the programs available are effective at removing users of Yahoo's Messenger, while a few of the more recent ones do a good job taking out users who use 3rd party Yahoo clients, or even Yahoo's web-based Java client.
These methods of exploitation are half-way understandable, though I don't see why Yahoo hasn't worked to block the attacks in the same way that AOL has with AIM.
The other method, plain old boot-text, is simply unacceptable.
If I were chatting with someone using Yahoo Messenger and they annoyed me, all I would have to do is send them a single URL with an unrealistically long domain name in it, and their Yahoo Messenger will crash. A URL such as www.xxxxx.com with about 400 to 500 X's in the name will work nicely.
It's a relatively simple matter for the end user to set up a personal word-filter on their messenger and block out all occurences of "www." which effectively makes them invulnerable to this attack, but that is not the issue. The issue is, that if Yahoo has such easily exploitable end-user software, I'm very worried about the quality of their security as a whole.
Considering the work the person, granddaughter, son, dog, hooker, etc does on the system has a value of as much as $100 per hour in some cases, then it doesn't matter if ther service was paid for or not.
Now, you and I, able to do this work ourselves, see it as no big deal. But I know people who regularly pay $50-$100 for simple tasks as memory installs or hard drive reformats/OS installs.
It's not much different from the the guy that has a 4 acre lawn and hires the guy with the tractor down the road to come mow the whole thing and pays him for the services. The only real difference is some people have tractors, and some people have computer skills.
A decent DivX/SVCD/VCD player? A decent emulator platform (mame, snes/genesis/gba/gbc/n64)? Running on x86, which everyone and their dog is familiar with?
for $200? You betcha!
It won't read burnt CDs, and 10 gigs is hardly enough for a good sized collection of Roms/Movies/Music all at once. You'd have to stream everything off of the ethernet, which assumes you already have another PC somewhere else. If it weren't for that, it would be perfect.
No, Moronic is taking an XBox, updating it's dedicated BIOS to contain a boot-loader for some alternative OS, losing the ability to play XBox games, and then running an OS that won't really see any advantages from the XBox hardware.
An XBox that doesn't play XBox games is a little PC that doesn't have standard input ports (so no keyboard or mouse), doesn't read burnt CDs (so you can't put custom software on it without usign the ethernet port), and will have almost no function what-so ever.
About the ONLY use one could find for an XBox hacked to run Linux/BSD/(Insert Cool OS name here) would be a cheap web-server. That could be a pretty good use, I suppose, but putting together a cheap PC for that use of equal power would be much easier and not too much more expensive.
Am I saying some inspired geek shouldn't attempt it? Definately NOT! Working on the project might be fun for the invididual(s) involved, and might provide some useful insight for others who might want to try to find other uses for their XBoxes.
For the rest of us, though, some mass distro of Linux for the XBox just isn't useful. Esspecially since free-games are right out seeing as how the XBox won't read burnt discs.
I'm not a troll. I'm a realist. If you want a cheap Linux Box, there are better, more practical alternative than hacking up a perfectly good game consol.
I personally happen to like my XBox in working order, thanks.
I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded in porting a Free operating system to the Xbox.
Oh COME OFF IT! Good god... Some devices make really cool boxes for hacking and putting alternative operating systems on, such as, oh -- wait. Just computers.
The XBox doesn't really serve the desktop computer market. It's a game machine. Just like a DVD player is a movie machine. You don't run linux on your DVD player, and you certainly don't need to run it on your XBox.
Sure, people have done it with a Dreamcast, and that's been HOW useful, exactly? Not at all. If you were to screw up the XBox with linux, you would not only have a useless port on the XBox, but you'd have a useless XBox as well.
With multiple clients, then open standards can proliferate.
Yeah! Fully! When we return to a more level playing field, we won't EVER have to worry about seeing icons that say "THIS PAGE BEST VIEWED BY (insert browser name here)" because that concept is just rediculous!
Step One: Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar containing the forward and back buttons. Point to any part of the toolbar EXCEPT either the forward or back buttons. Empty areas or other buttons are fine.
Step Two: Use the mouse button you have configured to bring up the context menus. On most systems this will be the right mouse button and is often refered to as "Right Clicking".
Step Three: From the context menu select the option CUSTOMIZE...
Step Four: In the Customize Toolbar window will be two boxes full of items. Use the scroolbar to browse the contents of the right-most box and look for the button that says "BACK". Highlight the "BACK" button item.
Step Five: FNORD
Step Six: Press the REMOVE button between the left and right item boxes.
Step Seven: Press the upper right most button marked "CLOSE".
Your browser should now be immune to this exploit. Share and Enjoy.
That's all pretty much true, except that IE 6 is actually a very good web-browser.
It took 6 versions to get here, and Microsoft Messenger still sucks compared to AIM or ICQ, but that's not really the issue.
I personally don't think anybody SHOULD complain that IE 6 is built into Windows, because IE really IS more than just a browser. It's a bunch of other features that make developing web-enabled applications easier to design. Sure, they're not portable to other platforms such as Linux (that's the REAL problem everyone has with Microsoft, though, isn't it?) but it does what it's supposed to do in a passably decent way.
The fact is, Windows really DOES have some half-way cool features that other desktops simply don't have, and you can credit/blame Explorer for most of them. On a well configured install of XP, it's even usably stable.
So, I fail to see how IE is an issue in anybody's book. You can STILL install Netscape, you can STILL use other messengers, and you can STILL disassociate all your pictures, sounds, HTM/TXT, and video files to other applications other than those Microsoft provides for you. You don't HAVE to use Explorer, you don't HAVE to use Outlook Express, and you don't HAVE to use Windows Media Player.
People will complain that they are still installed and taking up "space". Nobody complains that Hyperterm is installed, taking up space, but not being used. The only difference is that most people don't even know what THAT program is used for.
The SHARED components that Microsoft built into Windows and then designed the newest versions of explorer around also power the desktop and many other applications. That's the nature of shared components.
At this point, I'm convinced everyone's problem with Microsoft has nothing to do with any of the technology or business practices at all. It's all just a case of "Hating the Guy On Top". Everyone's pissed off that their lovely Linux, MacOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, or wahtever isn't in the lead, and they're taking it out on the OS that is. Then, they're pointing fingers at any little nitpicky thing they can to make Microsoft look like they can do no good.
Blah. I'll use Netscape on my Windows machines when it's better than IE. It isn't. If I had IE on my FreeBSD machine, I wouldn't use Netscape anywhere.
This also could improve chances of the PS3 being PS2 compatible.
After all, as I understand it, the PS2's compatibility with the PS1 were mainly a side effect of the "Playstation On a Chip" design that was created for the PSone.
how the heck are you supposed to know who's on which label?
They are making the wrong assumption that we give a shit who is on what label. Just because those excutives up high care who (rather, how many people) buys the music, doesn't mean we as consumers give a shit who is selling it. It's a concept they just don't understand.
By the time that's done, its easier to go to the store and buy the damn disc.
So how is this different from the mail I got from several other Registrars?
I just now sorted through this month's mail, did my bills, and threw away a ton of junk. In my sorting, I had TWO paper mails from other registrars telling me that my domain was about to expire and that in order to keep them I had to re-register them. Well, guess what? I'm registered with Verisign, but both of the letters were from other Registrars. One of which was Registrar of America (or something like that). They're both in the trash now, but the point is, Verisign isn't the only one guilty of it.
About a year ago I built a UFO and let it fly away at about 1am. It was brightly lit and flew eastward, and it went way out of sight. I'd give exact details, and link to the photos, since I'm sure many people would LOVE to know the details. I heard some neighborhood children in the distance (I didn't know they were there prior to lift off) have a total fit after they noticed it. So the effect was that I spent about an hour rolling around in my yard laughing so hard I was unable to breathe.
Anyway, I'm a little concerned that releasing something that size that flies away on it's own and goes who-knows-where might be breaking some law somewhere. It certainly wasn't going to stay airborn forever and I know if it had come down and damaged someone's property (or unlikely, but possibly injured someone)I would be held liable if I could be linked to it (also unlikely...but I'm not taking any chances).
Anyway, the point is -- Making UFOs that fly away and freak people out isn't new. It's probably the cause of most UFO reports. It's also a whole lot of fun.
Can I buy a version of the board for running Linux PPC only? We are currently considering making this available. However you should note that it will not be possible to run Amiga OS4 on such a board without purchasing a special copy of OS4 which comes with a firmware update ROM. This is (obviously) to prevent OS4 piracy which is essential if Hyperion/Amiga Inc. are to continue to develop OS4.
What bothers me about that statement is that there will be people who still feel justified in pirating the OS anyway. "Software wants to be free. They owe me the OS. I don't pay for shit. I'm not buying it because it's just AmigaOS and nobody uses it anyway. It's not piracy if I don't sell it. Information wants to be free!"
The sad fact is that this OS is coming from a company that is trying really hard to keep an OS alive that was elegant in it's time, and had some concepts that still haven't been realized by operating systems of today. And even though AmigaOS isn't perfect, I'm very glad to see it develope further because with some modern touches it could easily be one of the best operating systems ever.
Could be, except there's that money issue. Amiga, Inc. isn't Microsoft. They're not even Apple. Hell, they're not even Redhat. They're just a few pennies and a nickle above what BeOS was a couple of years ago (if that much). So I think it goes without saying that pirating from this company is pretty fucking rotten, but that's not going to stop people from doing it anyway.
"But I'm doing them a favor by using the OS and making it popular." That's another argument I can already hear befor esomeone says it. To answer that shit before someone spews it... "Wanna help Amiga? Buy the OS. Punk."
I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header.
I'm not sure I'd ask anything from a spammer, short of their immediate death.
TO: Jace of Fuse! FROM: Body Organs Galore
Hello! I am e-mailing you about this great opprotunity to get ahold of a high quality kidney! Let me tell you the story! Once not too long ago, a college boy woke up in a bath tub full of ice...
Mario 64 and Zelda 64 are good solid games, but for the most part 3D games based on old classic DO suck compared to their predecessors.
I know some people will flame me because Zelda 64 didn't have the same charm as the original game, and I found myself thinking that way until I realized that it's not charm that it lacks but rather, "newness".
I don't think Mario 64 will ever replace my fond memories of Super Mario World on the SNES, but few games will ever reach that wonderous level. And of course Zelda: A Link to the Past will probably always be the greatest Zelda game ever.
But that doesn't mean the new games aren't great, and I'm not one to say that Final Fantasy can't be great.
I just don't think Square has the ability to spin a great story they way they used to. Not only are the games dull and endless, but they're also not nearly as entertaining (not to me anyway).
Secret of Mana is so great, I loaded it into an emulator not too long ago and found myself 5 hours later still playing it. You couldn't pay me enough to try and play Final Fantasy 7 again.
Plus, as history has shown (see: Dreamcast), Square leads the majority of buyers, and this is probably a nail in the coffin of the XBOX.;-)
Considering how well the XBox is doing in the states, the XBox coffin hasn't even been built. Yes, I realize you were kidding, but let's be real.
Everyone I know who has all three consoles will openly admit the PS/2 is their least favorit of the three, and every single one of those people will tell you the best game on it is Grand Theft Auto 3. How does Square fit into this equation?
Square hasn't impressed me much since the Secret of Mana.
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Spider-Man had pretty decent writing and acting.
I only half agree. The writing was very good for a Comic-Movie (but in reality -- still not excellent). And the acting? Okay, there was a mix there, but Kirsten Dunst? YECH! Her line "They said I need acting lessons" was amusing to me because I couldn't tell if it was supposed to be a self referencing joke.
Still, SpiderMan I will have to say will probably have been one of the best movies to come out this year. The fact that the British are entirely disinterested is really a shame for them because they're missing out on an excellent portrayal of the story.
As for AotC, I personally found it to be a vast improvement over the first. The poor acting? No worse than any of the other Star Wars movies. The special effects however were top notch and as to the question about wanting to see how Anakin converts to the dark side? Yes, actually. I have always been rather curious.
After Anakin's slaughter, while he sat in the dark mumbling about how he had "killed them all", a wicked smile came upon my face as the dark tune of the Emperial March began to play...
So while some people might be highly annoyed at the direction Star Wars has taken -- there were parts of AotC that I truely enjoyed.
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Not to mention all the smaller ISPs that would end up having to close, and that we would probably be forced into an Internet Access Monopoly.
But at least you'll get 700 FREE HOURS!
"of course, we know that could be a problem, but the users are'nt going to know how to exploit it"
That attitude makes me sick to no end.
I wish I had a penny for every admin that assumed the users knew less than he did, I'd literally melt them all down into a club and bash their skull in.
One thing I learned a long time ago is that there is always someone out there who knows more. Sometimes, it's that quiet kid that doesn't seem to know anything.
The WWW.(URL) exploit does not work with the Unix version, nor does it work on TRILLIAN, however, neither of those programs support yahoo chat either, so they're hardly a replacement for Yahoo's Windows client.
Yah-Elite does support the chat (with voice support that is currently broken), but both the Java Client, the Yah-Elite client, and possibly even the Unix version can be kicked off of the chat servers by attacking the chat servers themsleves with Protocal booters, showing that the issues Yahoo faces are all around, and not at any one specific point.
Yahoo's problems are massive, and I think it's good that at least SOME people at Yahoo realize it, even though I'm still not convinced they are aware of the full scale of the problem.
After all, if you chat with Yahoo's service, you're eventually going to be booted off by another user. Some of the methods users use to exploit the system and kick off other users are clever, some are not so clever.
One method involves running a program easily downloaded off of the internet and typing in the desired victims name. It's your basic "Punter". Some of the programs available are effective at removing users of Yahoo's Messenger, while a few of the more recent ones do a good job taking out users who use 3rd party Yahoo clients, or even Yahoo's web-based Java client.
These methods of exploitation are half-way understandable, though I don't see why Yahoo hasn't worked to block the attacks in the same way that AOL has with AIM.
The other method, plain old boot-text, is simply unacceptable.
If I were chatting with someone using Yahoo Messenger and they annoyed me, all I would have to do is send them a single URL with an unrealistically long domain name in it, and their Yahoo Messenger will crash. A URL such as www.xxxxx.com with about 400 to 500 X's in the name will work nicely.
It's a relatively simple matter for the end user to set up a personal word-filter on their messenger and block out all occurences of "www." which effectively makes them invulnerable to this attack, but that is not the issue. The issue is, that if Yahoo has such easily exploitable end-user software, I'm very worried about the quality of their security as a whole.
Think about it.
Isn't that the end of the world according to the Myans?
After Earth computes the answer to the ultimate question, then it won't be needed any more will it?
Considering the work the person, granddaughter, son, dog, hooker, etc does on the system has a value of as much as $100 per hour in some cases, then it doesn't matter if ther service was paid for or not.
Now, you and I, able to do this work ourselves, see it as no big deal. But I know people who regularly pay $50-$100 for simple tasks as memory installs or hard drive reformats/OS installs.
It's not much different from the the guy that has a 4 acre lawn and hires the guy with the tractor down the road to come mow the whole thing and pays him for the services. The only real difference is some people have tractors, and some people have computer skills.
A decent DivX/SVCD/VCD player? A decent emulator platform (mame, snes/genesis/gba/gbc/n64)? Running on x86, which everyone and their dog is familiar with?
for $200? You betcha!
It won't read burnt CDs, and 10 gigs is hardly enough for a good sized collection of Roms/Movies/Music all at once. You'd have to stream everything off of the ethernet, which assumes you already have another PC somewhere else. If it weren't for that, it would be perfect.
No, Moronic is taking an XBox, updating it's dedicated BIOS to contain a boot-loader for some alternative OS, losing the ability to play XBox games, and then running an OS that won't really see any advantages from the XBox hardware.
An XBox that doesn't play XBox games is a little PC that doesn't have standard input ports (so no keyboard or mouse), doesn't read burnt CDs (so you can't put custom software on it without usign the ethernet port), and will have almost no function what-so ever.
About the ONLY use one could find for an XBox hacked to run Linux/BSD/(Insert Cool OS name here) would be a cheap web-server. That could be a pretty good use, I suppose, but putting together a cheap PC for that use of equal power would be much easier and not too much more expensive.
Am I saying some inspired geek shouldn't attempt it? Definately NOT! Working on the project might be fun for the invididual(s) involved, and might provide some useful insight for others who might want to try to find other uses for their XBoxes.
For the rest of us, though, some mass distro of Linux for the XBox just isn't useful. Esspecially since free-games are right out seeing as how the XBox won't read burnt discs.
I'm not a troll. I'm a realist. If you want a cheap Linux Box, there are better, more practical alternative than hacking up a perfectly good game consol.
I personally happen to like my XBox in working order, thanks.
I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded in porting a Free operating system to the Xbox.
Oh COME OFF IT! Good god... Some devices make really cool boxes for hacking and putting alternative operating systems on, such as, oh -- wait. Just computers.
The XBox doesn't really serve the desktop computer market. It's a game machine. Just like a DVD player is a movie machine. You don't run linux on your DVD player, and you certainly don't need to run it on your XBox.
Sure, people have done it with a Dreamcast, and that's been HOW useful, exactly? Not at all. If you were to screw up the XBox with linux, you would not only have a useless port on the XBox, but you'd have a useless XBox as well.
Shesh. Some people.
With multiple clients, then open standards can proliferate.
Yeah! Fully! When we return to a more level playing field, we won't EVER have to worry about seeing icons that say "THIS PAGE BEST VIEWED BY (insert browser name here)" because that concept is just rediculous!
Step One: Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar containing the forward and back buttons. Point to any part of the toolbar EXCEPT either the forward or back buttons. Empty areas or other buttons are fine.
Step Two: Use the mouse button you have configured to bring up the context menus. On most systems this will be the right mouse button and is often refered to as "Right Clicking".
Step Three: From the context menu select the option CUSTOMIZE...
Step Four: In the Customize Toolbar window will be two boxes full of items. Use the scroolbar to browse the contents of the right-most box and look for the button that says "BACK". Highlight the "BACK" button item.
Step Five: FNORD
Step Six: Press the REMOVE button between the left and right item boxes.
Step Seven: Press the upper right most button marked "CLOSE".
Your browser should now be immune to this exploit. Share and Enjoy.
That's all pretty much true, except that IE 6 is actually a very good web-browser.
It took 6 versions to get here, and Microsoft Messenger still sucks compared to AIM or ICQ, but that's not really the issue.
I personally don't think anybody SHOULD complain that IE 6 is built into Windows, because IE really IS more than just a browser. It's a bunch of other features that make developing web-enabled applications easier to design. Sure, they're not portable to other platforms such as Linux (that's the REAL problem everyone has with Microsoft, though, isn't it?) but it does what it's supposed to do in a passably decent way.
The fact is, Windows really DOES have some half-way cool features that other desktops simply don't have, and you can credit/blame Explorer for most of them. On a well configured install of XP, it's even usably stable.
So, I fail to see how IE is an issue in anybody's book. You can STILL install Netscape, you can STILL use other messengers, and you can STILL disassociate all your pictures, sounds, HTM/TXT, and video files to other applications other than those Microsoft provides for you. You don't HAVE to use Explorer, you don't HAVE to use Outlook Express, and you don't HAVE to use Windows Media Player.
People will complain that they are still installed and taking up "space". Nobody complains that Hyperterm is installed, taking up space, but not being used. The only difference is that most people don't even know what THAT program is used for.
The SHARED components that Microsoft built into Windows and then designed the newest versions of explorer around also power the desktop and many other applications. That's the nature of shared components.
At this point, I'm convinced everyone's problem with Microsoft has nothing to do with any of the technology or business practices at all. It's all just a case of "Hating the Guy On Top". Everyone's pissed off that their lovely Linux, MacOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, or wahtever isn't in the lead, and they're taking it out on the OS that is. Then, they're pointing fingers at any little nitpicky thing they can to make Microsoft look like they can do no good.
Blah. I'll use Netscape on my Windows machines when it's better than IE. It isn't. If I had IE on my FreeBSD machine, I wouldn't use Netscape anywhere.
This also could improve chances of the PS3 being PS2 compatible.
After all, as I understand it, the PS2's compatibility with the PS1 were mainly a side effect of the "Playstation On a Chip" design that was created for the PSone.
Eventually, he said, Taito may use the technology to reconfigure a singer's errant tones to the proper pitch, without otherwise altering the sound.
Forget Karaokee bars... They need to give these to many recording artists!
Um! Doesn't this guy know you're supposed to paint EGGS on Easter, not APPLES!
how the heck are you supposed to know who's on which label?
They are making the wrong assumption that we give a shit who is on what label. Just because those excutives up high care who (rather, how many people) buys the music, doesn't mean we as consumers give a shit who is selling it. It's a concept they just don't understand.
By the time that's done, its easier to go to the store and buy the damn disc.
But that's exactly what they want anyway.
I agree. Entirely, even.
I'm simply pointing out that we're all focusing on Verisign but ignoring the fact that they're not alone.
As far as I'm concerned, they all suck.
So how is this different from the mail I got from several other Registrars?
I just now sorted through this month's mail, did my bills, and threw away a ton of junk. In my sorting, I had TWO paper mails from other registrars telling me that my domain was about to expire and that in order to keep them I had to re-register them. Well, guess what? I'm registered with Verisign, but both of the letters were from other Registrars. One of which was Registrar of America (or something like that). They're both in the trash now, but the point is, Verisign isn't the only one guilty of it.
About a year ago I built a UFO and let it fly away at about 1am. It was brightly lit and flew eastward, and it went way out of sight. I'd give exact details, and link to the photos, since I'm sure many people would LOVE to know the details. I heard some neighborhood children in the distance (I didn't know they were there prior to lift off) have a total fit after they noticed it. So the effect was that I spent about an hour rolling around in my yard laughing so hard I was unable to breathe.
Anyway, I'm a little concerned that releasing something that size that flies away on it's own and goes who-knows-where might be breaking some law somewhere. It certainly wasn't going to stay airborn forever and I know if it had come down and damaged someone's property (or unlikely, but possibly injured someone)I would be held liable if I could be linked to it (also unlikely...but I'm not taking any chances).
Anyway, the point is -- Making UFOs that fly away and freak people out isn't new. It's probably the cause of most UFO reports. It's also a whole lot of fun.
Can I buy a version of the board for running Linux PPC only? We are currently considering making this available. However you should note that it will not be possible to run Amiga OS4 on such a board without purchasing a special copy of OS4 which comes with a firmware update ROM. This is (obviously) to prevent OS4 piracy which is essential if Hyperion/Amiga Inc. are to continue to develop OS4.
What bothers me about that statement is that there will be people who still feel justified in pirating the OS anyway. "Software wants to be free. They owe me the OS. I don't pay for shit. I'm not buying it because it's just AmigaOS and nobody uses it anyway. It's not piracy if I don't sell it. Information wants to be free!"
The sad fact is that this OS is coming from a company that is trying really hard to keep an OS alive that was elegant in it's time, and had some concepts that still haven't been realized by operating systems of today. And even though AmigaOS isn't perfect, I'm very glad to see it develope further because with some modern touches it could easily be one of the best operating systems ever.
Could be, except there's that money issue. Amiga, Inc. isn't Microsoft. They're not even Apple. Hell, they're not even Redhat. They're just a few pennies and a nickle above what BeOS was a couple of years ago (if that much). So I think it goes without saying that pirating from this company is pretty fucking rotten, but that's not going to stop people from doing it anyway.
"But I'm doing them a favor by using the OS and making it popular." That's another argument I can already hear befor esomeone says it. To answer that shit before someone spews it... "Wanna help Amiga? Buy the OS. Punk."
I think spammers should be forced to pay by donating an organ for each forged header.
I'm not sure I'd ask anything from a spammer, short of their immediate death.
TO: Jace of Fuse!
FROM: Body Organs Galore
Hello! I am e-mailing you about this great opprotunity to get ahold of a high quality kidney! Let me tell you the story! Once not too long ago, a college boy woke up in a bath tub full of ice...
Mario 64 and Zelda 64 are good solid games, but for the most part 3D games based on old classic DO suck compared to their predecessors.
I know some people will flame me because Zelda 64 didn't have the same charm as the original game, and I found myself thinking that way until I realized that it's not charm that it lacks but rather, "newness".
I don't think Mario 64 will ever replace my fond memories of Super Mario World on the SNES, but few games will ever reach that wonderous level. And of course Zelda: A Link to the Past will probably always be the greatest Zelda game ever.
But that doesn't mean the new games aren't great, and I'm not one to say that Final Fantasy can't be great.
I just don't think Square has the ability to spin a great story they way they used to. Not only are the games dull and endless, but they're also not nearly as entertaining (not to me anyway).
Secret of Mana is so great, I loaded it into an emulator not too long ago and found myself 5 hours later still playing it. You couldn't pay me enough to try and play Final Fantasy 7 again.
Plus, as history has shown (see: Dreamcast), Square leads the majority of buyers, and this is probably a nail in the coffin of the XBOX. ;-)
Considering how well the XBox is doing in the states, the XBox coffin hasn't even been built. Yes, I realize you were kidding, but let's be real.
Everyone I know who has all three consoles will openly admit the PS/2 is their least favorit of the three, and every single one of those people will tell you the best game on it is Grand Theft Auto 3. How does Square fit into this equation?
Square hasn't impressed me much since the Secret of Mana.
So what you're saying, is that you were trying to find a way to get yourself in that 16k of RAM?